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Alipay+, the cross-border mobile payment and digitalization technology solutions operated by Ant International, and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), have announced an expansion of their partnership with a series of new developments aimed at attracting more tourists to Thailand and enhancing their travel experience amidst strong travel demand.

Golden Gate Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital fund founded by Silicon Valley natives, has on Wednesday announced its first $100 million Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) fund.

Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) is strengthening its partnership for Global Business Services (GBS) Iskandar @ Medini, aiming a net zero carbon central business distric (CBD) by 2030.

Chainstack, Singapore-based Web3 infrastructure providers, has successfully secured a strategic investment from SBI Ven Capital, Sygnum, Azimut Group, Unicorn Factory Ventures, and Ventech Ventures.

Singapore-based superapp Grab has reported higher revenue and lower operating loss in the first quarter amid improvement of all segments.

With #Web3, decentralization, and #AI, digital solutions are not only reshaping the concept of the #FutureOfWork, but these are also making income opportunities more accessible to users, while also providing significant benefits to technology users on both individual and institutional levels.

To promote digital economies and support the growth of early-stage tech startups in Central Asia, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest up to $5 million in Sturgeon Emerging Opportunities II, LP, a new venture capital fund managed by Sturgeon Capital, a major venture capital investor.

Paymentology, a next-gen global issuer-processor, has on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with audax Financial Technology (audax), a Singapore-based digital banking technology solutions provider backed by Standard Chartered Ventures, to provide end to end cards-as-a-service (CaaS) solution.

Singapore-headquartered SQREEM Technologies, an artificial intelligence (AI) and digital behavior aggregator, has announced its definitive acquisition of Singapore’s TotallyAwesome, the contextual digital advertising platform specializing in youth marketing in the Asia-Pacific region.

The integration of social usernames as payment aliases addresses the fragmented nature of #DigitalPayments, but it goes beyond simple convenience. The integration of #Web3 technology also involves smarter payment routing, which enhances the financial landscape by ensuring a more efficient and secure processing of payments.